25. Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun

Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun is a keyhole-shaped mounded tomb constructed in the northeast part of the Furuichi area, at the tip of the plateau.

The mound length is 230 m, and the height of the square part is 23.3 m

The mound is surrounded by a single moat, but it had a double moat at the time of its construction.

Cylindrical haniwa (earthenware funerary sculptures) and a wide variety of representational haniwa have been unearthed from the moat.

The period of construction dates to the second half of the 5th century.

Access

Walk 2 minutes to the north from Hajinosato Station on the Kintetsu Railway Minami-Osaka Line.

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